Disappearing bed.



C. H. TAYLOR. DISAPPEARING BED. APPLICATION FILED AUG-7,1915.

Patented Sept. 11, 191?.

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HIS A TTOR/i/EV H -Hufm N 5 CHARLES H. TAYLOR, or SOUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

DISAPPEARING BED.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. iiil, 19ft.

Application filed August 7, 1915. Serial No. MAM.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, and resident of South Orange, in the county of Essexand State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDisappe-aring Beds, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention hasforits object to provide an improved disappearing bed construction for use in dwellings in which it is desired to economize space. This object I attain by means of the novel construction, arrangement and combinations of parts hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a verticalsection taken on the line 11 of Fig. 2,showing a section of a building provided with a bed construction embodying my invention, the bed being shown by dotted lines in itsfclosed vertical position within a recess formed in one of the side walls of a room, and by full lines swung down to its open horizontal position projecting out of said recess into the room. A

Fig. 2 is a view of the bed in its closed vertical position, looking from the right as viewed in Fig. 1.

In these drawings, my invention isshown as embodied in the permanent structure of a building, although it may also be embodied in a self-contained article of furniture as.

will hereinafter appear.

The building structure here shown is a section of a bungalow, in which type of dwelling it is particularly desirable to economize space. The section of structure shown comprises the floor 1 spaced from the ground by a supporting foundation 2, and an extension 3 built out from the side 4 of the building; this extension being made to provide a recess 5 in the side wall of the room in which a bed may be located when not in use and from which the bed may conveniently be moved out into the room when desired for use.

In accordance with my invention, the bed is adapted to be pivotally supported for swinging movement to and from its posit-ion within the recess 5. The bed employed may be of any suitable construct-ion, but usually I employ an ordinary spring bed comprising the usual metallic frame 6 and attached spring 7 Suitably secured to the under side of this bed adjacent one end thereof, as by means'of sleeves 8, 8, attached to the bed, isa transversely arranged rod 9 which projects at its ends beyond the opposite sides of the bed to provide trunnions 10, 10, for the pivotal support of the bed in the manner referred to, these trunnions being seated in open bearings 11 formed in the upper ends of vertical supports 12, 12, at the opposite sides of the recess 5, as shown. When the bed is turned down to open position, it is supported at its inner end by these trunnion supports and at its opposite or outer end is supported by an attached bracket 13, which as here shown, is adapted to provide a horizontally arranged shelf when the bed is turned up to its closed position. Any suitable support for the outer end of the bed may, however, be employed in lieu of this bracket shelf.

As theaxis about which the bed turns in swinging on its trunnions is at some considerable distance from the center thereof, it is necessary, in order to permit of the easy and convenient swinging of the bed to and from its closed position, to provide counter balancing means for the same. This may be done in any desired way. As here shown, I attach a box-like container 14 to the under side of the bed at the short end thereof as measured from its axis, which container is preferably formed with two compartments. In one indicated at 15 is located a heavy material 16, such as concrete, to serve as a counterbalancing means for the bed. The second compartment of the container, indicated at 17 is adapted for use as a receptacle for articles of any kind and is closed by a movable lid 18 which, when the bed is swung upwardly to its vertical closed position, is adapted to present a horizontal seat, as most clearly shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

In addition to the container 14-, I also provide in some instances a second container 19 having a removable cover 20, into which ad.- ditional counterbalancing material may be conveniently placed in such quantities as may be necessary to regulate the counterbalance of the bed with some substantial degree of accuracy. This second container here shown, I provide a head-board 22 having a hinged section 23 which may be turned downward into holding position over the adjacent end of the bedding and be securedin such position by a suitable hook device 24, as indicate'd by dotted lines in Fig. 1. This forms a simple and effective means for the purpose indicated.

In order that the bed may be adjusted depthwise' of the recess 5' and also vertically thereof, I have provided a series of obliquely arranged trunnion bearings 11 at the upper ends of the vertical supports 12, from one to the other of which the trunnions on the bed may be readily shifted to obtain the desired adjustment.

In order that the bed when in its closed vertical position may present an attractive appearance at its exposed side-which is the under side of the bed when in use -it is preferably provided at such side with a suitably attached coverinqpiece 25, here shown in the form of a 100 ting glass.

In the use of folding or disappearing bed as usually provided, more or less serious objection is made because of the lack of proper ventilation of the bedding. In accordance with my invention I overcome this objection by providing for a circulation of air throu h the compartment or recess 5 in a path ad acent the bedding on the bed. This I provide by locating openings in the floor and wall of the recess 5, as indicated at 26 and copies of this patent may beobtalnedv for 27 respectively, through which the air passes or circulates in a path. as indicated by the instance, the invention may be embodied in a movable wardrobe substantially corre sponding to the building extension 8 as to the features of bed support and air circulation, and for such reason I have used the term compartment in the claim to include a recess for the; bed whether formed in a stationary or movable receptacle.

What I claim is: a

The combination" with a building including a recess forming-extension having air openings in the floor and a wall thereof, of a bed pivotally mounted in thefrecess for movement into horizontal and vertical positions, the pivot of the bed being adjustable into the recess to various degrees whereby the head of the-bed may be extended into the recess to various degrees.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 30th day of July, A. D. 1915.

CHARLES H. TAYLOR, a Witnesses: I

C. J. BUTLER, 'MAROEL MULET,

five cents each, addressing the qqinmtssioner of l atents, Washington, D. 0." 

